Current News & Press Releases
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Award-Winning Video Series: Young Adult Cancer |
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 NOEP and the LIVESTRONG Foundation have re-released their free, award-winning video series, At the Crossroads: Cancer in Ages 15-39. Nurses, no matter the field of practice, can impact adolescent and young adult cancer. The videos are also available on NOEP's YouTube channel for those viewers not in need of CE.
Nearly 70,000 adolescent and young adults (AYAs) are diagnosed with cancer every year. Not only do AYAs represent the largest uninsured population in the nation, but they have seen little improvements in overall survival rates over the past 25 years.
To help all nurses provide better care, the video series was developed to highlight the unique physical, emotional, and practical needs of the AYA patient. The education was recognized by the Young Adult Alliance for advancing the National Cancer Institute’s Progress Review Group Recommendations to, in turn, advance the field of AYA oncology.
One course reviewer wrote, "The information provided through the real life stories of these adolescents and young adults is very informative, not only for oncology nurses, but for ALL nurses. Regardless of the area of specialty, nurses are likely to see an AYA who has had cancer at some point during their nursing career. Anticipating the physical, emotional, and practical concerns of this population can assist the nurse in providing the best care possible." |
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Start the Colon Conversation |
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 Colorectal cancer isn’t something most of us like to talk about, but this month we can change that. National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month gives us a platform to start conversations that can save lives!
Three things you can do now:
1. Search and share your family health history on the Family PLZ! site (includes Fact Sheet on Genetic Testing).
2. Use these patient education tools from the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and pass along to family and friends.
3. Update your knowledge. Earn 1.0 contact hours FREE with NOEP's online course, Every Nurse Makes a Difference: Preventing Colorectal Cancer by Joni Watson, MSN, RN, OCN. Podcast version coming soon!
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As we enter 2013, millions of people have made a New Year's resolution to quit using tobacco. However, many don't know how to go about it.
If the 2.2 million working nurses in the U.S. each helped one person per year quit smoking, nurses would triple the U.S. quit rate.
To assist patients in quitting, download AvidNurse™ FREE on your iPhone, iPad or Android. The completely rebuilt app now provides tobacco cessation education based on the "Ask, Advise, Refer" model as well as a patient referral tool.
Most smokers DO want to quit, and a nurse's support will ensure a higher rate of success!
This program made possible by the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas. |
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Let's Stick it to Tobacco. |
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Nurses, know your power. If the 2.2 million working nurses in the U.S. each helped one person per year quit smoking, nurses would triple the U.S. quit rate. Here are three things you can do right now:
ONE: Join us in urging smokers to stop smoking cigarettes for 24 hours, in the hope that their decision to quit will last forever. The Great American Smokeout on November 15 is a reminder that quitting is probably the best way to improve one's health, and that effective treatments ARE available.
TWO: Learn about evidence-based strategies for quitting tobacco and earn 1.50 hours of free CE with our online course, Nursewise: Tobacco Cessation.
THREE: To assist patients in quitting, download the AvidNurse™ app free on your iPhone, iPad or Android and check out the tobacco cessation education and referral tool. |
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Building the Oncology Certified Nurse (OCN) Workforce |
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Plan now to attend Competence in Cancer Care: What the Nurse Needs to Know. Includes OCN® test taking strategies and review of OCN® test blueprint.
This comprehensive one-day course covers scientific basis for practice, treatment modalities, protective mechanisms, disease process, alterations in lifestyle, health promotion, and oncologic emergencies. Earn 7.75 contact hours!
- September 21 in Corpus Christi
- October 12 in Harlingen
This CNE activity is grant funded by the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, PP120177 and made possible by Texas Oncology and LIVESTRONG.
Texas Nurses Association/Foundation Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
The Nurse Oncology Education Program (NOEP) is part of Texas Nurses Association/Foundation Provider Unit.Â
Join our OCN Review Mailing List for updates.
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Competence in Cancer Care: Events in Texas |
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Plan now to attend Competence in Cancer Care: What the Nurse Needs to Know. Includes OCN® test taking strategies and review of OCN® test blueprint.
This comprehensive course covers scientific basis for practice, treatment modalities, protective mechanisms, disease process, alterations in lifestyle, health promotion, and oncologic emergencies. Earn 7.75 contact hours!
- September 21, 2013 in Corpus Christi, Tx - View the brochure or register.
- October 12, 2013 in Harlingen, Tx - View the brochure or register.
This CNE activity is grant funded by the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, PP120177 and made possible by Texas Oncology and the LIVESTRONG Foundation.
Texas Nurses Association/Foundation Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
The Nurse Oncology Education Program (NOEP) is part of Texas Nurses Association/Foundation Provider Unit.
Join our OCN Review Mailing List for updates on these and future Texas events.
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